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Many times when you become a parent there are things that you have concerns over which you should not and things that you might need to be concerned about which often fall under your parental radar. Speaking as someone who has raised a girl and a boy into semi-adulthood I am going to try and give you a little heads up on a few of these things. The following is a list of some of the things I freaked out about and some that I completely overlooked that I should not have.
- Eating habits – Do not freak out if your toddler or young child will only eat certain things and wants to eat those all the time. It is a phase and they will grow out of it. You should keep offering other foods to your child from time to time so that they can broaden their food horizons. If the foods they are eating are not nutritionally well rounded then you will want to make sure they take their vitamins and perhaps try those supplemental drinks they offer for children. With both of my children it was a phase which caused me a great amount of concern and anxiety and it did not need to become that escalated. If it does concern you then speak to your child's physician for reassurance.
- Bullies or normal childhood teasing – Do not overreact if your child gets their feelings hurt at school by some unthinking child. Children are like that and not all children that hurt your child's feelings are bullies. You have to be very careful in this area because under no circumstances can you allow bullying but you also have to let your child have life experiences with uncaring individuals because they will be there for the rest of their lives. It is important that you explain to them that some people are that way and it has nothing to do with them. Make sure you let them know that it is not their problem and that the other child has issues of their own. Children tend to feel that if someone is criticizing them there must be something wrong with them and they need to know that this is not the case. They need to put the blame where the blame is due.


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When the Hearst Corporation starts a new magazine, it does so in an unusual way. The first issue appears on the newsstand; if readers like it and it sells, the editors put out another one. Usually there's no promotion or advertising. So it is with Classic Home, produced by the editors of Colonial Homes. Two issues have appeared, and the third is in the works.
This is a pretty magazine, with a traditional focus. Its target audience is people who have a love of things of the past and a great respect for the decorative arts.
Look for the current issue of Classic Home on the newsstands and, if it does well, look for the next one in the fall.


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We know that coming to a new church can be overwhelming, but knowing what to expect can help make things easier.
Everything at NewPointe is designed with you in mind. Through the use of engaging music, relevant messages, and creative environments, we strive to be a place where you and your family can connect with God.
Here at NewPointe, our mission is to lead people to realize and reach their full potential in Jesus Christ. While the message topic or series may change, our goal remains the same - to share relevant messages that challenge others to take a next step in their relationship with Christ.
Feel free to browse through our past messages, watch our latest message, or check out our current series!
Our mission to lead people to realize and reach their full potential in Jesus Christ, is more than just words to us. No matter what stage of life you are in, young or old, single or married, flourishing or struggling, we have an environment geared specifically for you.
Our goal is to help you connect, so that you can begin to reach God's full potential for your life.
We believe that salvation comes through Jesus Christ alone, and by our acceptance of his sacrifice for us.
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1 Peter 1:18–19
As followers of Christ, striving to reach our full potential isn't accomplished in a day's time. Each step that we take will lead us closer to becoming the person that God created us to be. Here at NewPointe, we've created different options to help you take the next step in growing your faith. It is our desire that as you move forward, you would experience a thriving relationship with Jesus Christ.
We believe that every person is born with the potential to influence others. No matter what job you have, or what life-stage you are in, we want to equip you to be men and women who are stepping forward to effectively confront the greatest needs in your community and in our world.
Whether you need a daily Bible study, help with your finances, or a 90-day challenge, we want to give you the tools to succeed.
In God's eyes, why you do something is far more important than what you do. On one occasion God told Samuel,
"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7).
It is quite possible to do the right thing but with the wrong attitude. This was Amaziah's problem, for "he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord but not wholeheartedly" (2 Chronicles 25:2).
When you come to meet with God in your quiet time, you should have these proper attitudes:
1. Expectancy: Come before God with anticipation and eagerness. Expect to have a good time of fellowship with Him and receive a blessing from your time together. That was what David expected: "O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you" (Psalm 63:1; see Psalm 52:1).
2. Reverence: Don't rush into God's presence, but prepare your heart by being still before Him and letting the quietness clear away the thoughts of the world. Listen to the prophet Habakkuk: "The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him" (Habakkuk 2:20; see Psalm 89:7). Coming into the presence of the Lord is not like going to a football game or some other form of entertainment.
3. Alertness: Get wide-awake first. Remember that you are meeting with the Creator, the Maker of heaven and earth, the Redeemer of men. Be thoroughly rested and alert. The best preparation for a quiet time in the morning begins the night before. Get to bed early so you will be in good shape to meet God in the morning, for He deserves your full attention.
4. Willingness to obey: This attitude is crucial. You don't come to your quiet time to choose what you will do or not do, but with the purpose of doing anything and everything that God wants you to do. Jesus said, "If anyone chooses to do God's will he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own" (John 7:17). So come to meet the Lord having already chosen to do His will no matter what.
The specific time has to do with when you should have your quiet time and how long it should be. The general rule is this: The best time is when you are at your best! Give God the best part of your day – when you are the freshest and most alert. Don't try to serve God with your leftovers (leftover time). Remember too that your best time may be different than someone else's.
In the Bible many godly men and women rose early to meet with God. Some of these were . . .
• Abraham - Genesis 19:27
• Moses - Exodus 34:4
• Job - Job 1:5
• Jacob - Genesis 28:18
• David - Psalms 5:3; 57:7,8
• (See also Psalms 90:14; 119:147; 143:8; Isaiah 26:9;
Ezekiel 12:8)
Throughout church history, many Christians who were used most by God met with Him early in the morning. Hudson Taylor said, "You don't tune up the instruments after the concert is over. That's stupid. It's logical to tune them up before you start."
The great revival among British college students in the late 19th century began with these historic words: "Remember the Morning Watch!" So we need to tune ourselves up at the start of each day as we remember the Morning Watch.
If Jesus really has first place in our lives, we ought to give Him the first part of our day. We are to seek His kingdom first (see Matthew 6:33). Doctors tell us that the most important meal of the day is breakfast. It often determines our energy levels, alertness, and even moods for the day. Likewise, we need a "spiritual breakfast" to start our day off right.
Finally, in the morning our minds are uncluttered from the day's
activities. Our thoughts are fresh, we're rested, tensions have not yet come on us, and it's usually the quietest time. One mother sets her alarm clock for 4 a.m., has her quiet time, goes back to bed, and then rises when everyone else in the household gets up. Her explanation is that with kids around the house all day, early morning is the only time when it is quiet and she can be alone with God. It works for her; you need to select a time that will work for you.
You might even consider having two quiet times (morning and night). Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, used to have code letters for his night quiet time – H.W.L.W. Whenever he was with a group of people at night or home with his wife and the conversation seemed to be ending, he would say, "All right, H.W.L.W." H.W.L.W. stood for "His Word the Last Word," and he practiced that through the years as a way of ending a day with one's thoughts fixed on the Lord (Betty Lee Skinner, Daws, Zondervan, p. 103).
Stephen Olford, a great Christian and minister in New York for many years, said, "I want to hear the voice of God before I hear anyone else's in the morning, and His is the last voice I want to hear at night."
David and Daniel even met with the Lord three times each day (see Psalm 44:17; Daniel 6:10).
Whatever time you set, be consistent in it. Schedule it on your calendar; make an appointment with God as you would with anyone else. Make a date with Jesus! Then look forward to it and don't stand Him up. A stood-up date is not a pleasant experience for us, and Jesus does not like to be stood up either. So make a date with Him and keep it at all costs.
The question is often asked, "How much time should I spend with the Lord?" If you've never had a consistent quiet time before, you may want to start with 7 minutes (Robert D. Foster, Seven Minutes with God, NavPress) and let it grow naturally. You should aim to eventually spend not less than 15 minutes a day with the Lord. Out of 168 hours we all have during a given week, 1 hour and 45 minutes seems terribly small when you consider that you were created to have fellowship with God. Here are some additional guidelines:
Don't try for a 2-hour quiet time at first. You'll only get
discouraged. You must grow in this relationship as you do in any other. So begin with a consistent 7 minutes and let it grow; it's better to be consistent with a short time than to meet for an hour every other week.
Don't watch the clock. Clock-watching can ruin your quiet time faster than almost anything else. Decide what you can do in the Word and prayer during the time you have selected; then do it. Sometimes it will take longer than planned and sometimes less time. But don't keep looking at your watch.
Don't emphasize quantity, emphasize quality. There is nothing super spiritual about having a 2-hour quiet time. It's what you do during your time – 15 minutes or 2 hours or anything in between – that's important. Aim for a quality relationship with the Lord.
The location of your quiet time is also important. The Bible indicates that Abraham had a regular place where he met with God (Genesis 19:27). Jesus had a custom of praying in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. "Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him" (Luke 22:39).
Your place ought to be a secluded place where you can be alone, where it's quiet, and where you will not be disturbed or interrupted. In today's noisy western world, this may take some ingenuity, but it is necessary. It ought to be a place . . .
• where you can pray aloud without disturbing others.
• where you have good lighting for reading.
• where you are comfortable. (WARNING: Do not have your quiet time in bed. That's too comfortable!)
Your place ought to be a special place. Wherever you decide to meet with the Lord, make it a special place for you and Him. As the days go by, that place will come to mean a lot to you because of the wonderful times you have there with Jesus Christ.
Your place ought to be a sacred place. This is where you meet with the living God. Where you meet the Lord can be just as holy as the place where Abraham met God. You don't have to be in a church building. People have had their quiet times in their cars parked in a quiet place, in an empty closet at home, in their backyards, and even in a baseball dugout. Each of these places has become sacred to them.
Someone has said, "If you aim at nothing, you are sure to hit it!" To have a meaningful quiet time, you will need a plan or some kind of general outline to follow. The main rule is this: Keep your plan simple.
You will need the following three items for your planned quiet times:
• A Bible - a contemporary translation (not a paraphrase) with good print, preferably without notes.
• A notebook - for writing down what the Lord shows you, and for making a prayer list.
• A hymnbook - sometimes you may want to sing in your praise time (see Colossians 3:16).
The following 6-point plan is workable for a quiet time of any duration:
1. Wait on God (relax). Be still for a minute; don't come running into God's presence and start talking immediately. Follow God's admonition: "Be still, and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10; see also Isaiah 30:15; 40:31). Be quiet for a short while to put yourself into a reverent mood.
2. Pray briefly (request). This is not your prayer time but a short opening prayer to ask God to cleanse your heart and guide you into the time together. Two good passages of Scripture to memorize:
"Search me, oh God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139:23-24; see 1 John 1:9)
3. Read a section of the Scripture (read). This is where your conversation with God begins. He speaks to you through His Word, and you speak with Him in prayer. Read
your Bible . . .
• Slowly - Don't be in a hurry; don't try to read too much; don't race through it.
• Repeatedly - Read a passage over and over until you start to picture it in your mind. The reason people don't get more out of their Bible reading is because they do not read the Scriptures repeatedly.
• Without stopping - Don't stop in the middle of a sentence to go off on a tangent and do a doctrinal study. Just read that section for the pure joy of it, allowing God to speak to you. Remember that your goal here is not to gain information, but to feed on the Word and get to know Christ better.
• Aloud but quietly - Reading it aloud will improve your concentration if you have that problem. It will also help you understand what you are reading better because you will be both seeing and hearing what you are reading. Read softly enough, however, so that you won't disturb anyone.
• Systematically - Read through a book at a time in an orderly method. Do not use the "random dip" method – a passage here, a chapter there, what you like here, an interesting portion there. You'll understand the Bible better if you read it as it was written – a book or letter at a time.
• To get a sweep of a book - On some occasions you may want to survey a whole book. In that case you will read it quickly to get a sweep of the total revelation.
4. Meditate and memorize (reflect and remember). In order to have the Scriptures speak to you meaningfully, you should meditate on what you are reading and memorize verses that particularly speak to you. Meditation is "seriously contemplating a thought over and over in your mind." Out of your meditation you might select and memorize a verse that is particularly meaningful to you.
5. Write down what God has shown you (record). When God speaks to you through His Word, record what you have discovered. Writing it down will enable you both to remember what God revealed to you and to check up on your biblical discoveries. Recording what God has shown you is a way of applying what you see in the Scripture that pertains to your life.
6. Have your time of prayer (request). After God has spoken to you through His Word, speak to Him in prayer. This is your part of the conversation with the Lord.
What if you miss a day? Don't worry about it if it only happens occasionally. Don't go on a guilt trip. "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus"
(Romans 8:1). Don't get legalistic because missing one day does not make it a flop. Don't give up. If you miss a meal, it does not mean that you should give up eating because you're inconsistent. You simply eat a little more at the next meal and go on from there. This same principle is true with your quiet time.
Psychologists tell us that it usually takes us three weeks to get familiar with some new task or habit; it takes another three weeks before it becomes a habit. The reason why many people are not successful in their quiet times is because they have never made it past that six-week barrier. For your quiet time to become a habit, you must have had one daily for at least six weeks.


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Ketogenic Diet Benefits
Ketogenic Diet Benefits
One of the hottest approaches in weight loss that is sweeping the industry is the idea of the ketogenic diet weight loss programs. These are extreme low-carb diets where the aim is to be in a state of ketosis, meaning that the body is burning fat as fuel as opposed to glucose. This state is achieved, largely, by depriving the body of glucose via the food source available through the dieters nutritional plan.
This is a diet approach that works for many people, and here are 5 benefits of ketogenic diets that you may not be aware of.
1- Being in ketosis allows the body to process fat and use it as fuel in a way that no other state allows as easily. Carbohydrates are much easier to convert and use as fuel, so when you are providing plenty of these to your body, you need to burn and use all of those before your body will finally begin converting and using fat as fuel!
2- Another benefit of being in a state of ketosis is that excess ketones are not harmful to your system in any way whatsoever. Any key tones that you create which are not neede by your body are simply excreted through urine, eaisily and harmlessy. In fact, this benefit is the reason why you can check whether you are in a state of ketosis using urine testing strips in the morning.
3- When your body gets used to being in ketosis, it will actually begin to prefer ketones to glucose. This is the ideal state that you want your body to be in - no longer craving sugar whatsoever, and in fact preferring protein as a fuel source as opposed to sugar.
4- Another benefit of ketogenic diet weight loss is that being in a ketogenic state is useful for controlling insulin levels in the body. Insulin is one of the substances that make you crave food, particularly for those high in sugar, and so controlling it to healthy levels optimizes and is a key element in healthy weight loss.
5- Last but certainly not least, is that the majority of my clients who have taken advantage of ketogenic diet have reported that overall they feel less hungry then when not in a ketogenic state. This is significant when trying to stick to any plan that involves losing fat or excess weight. When you are not fighting cravings and hunger every step of the way you can focus on giving your best efforts and meet your goals! All around meeting your goals is why you are reading this in the first place.
Now that you are aware of all of the weight loss benefits of being in a state of ketosis, it makes sense that perhaps you will give this approach a try- After all, what do you have to lose except some excess weight?


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Gated Contemporary Home
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Walled and gated this exquisite contemporary style home is located in the private Riven Rock community in the heart of Montecito. The house is comprised of 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths with gourmet kitchen, swimming pool and outdoor fireplace patio. As seen in a Santa Barbara Magazine article last Spring, this recently renovated home and property will appeal to even the most sophisticated residents.
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Custom Hope Ranch Home
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Immaculate Ennisbrook Casita (In Escrow)
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Stunning ocean and mountain views abound from this nearly flat, approx. 2-acre parcel in the heart of Montecito's Golden Quadrangle.
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Temporarily off market. A masterful blend of soft contemporary styling, exquisite materials and a tranquil, harmonious landscape come together to form this distinctive residence.
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This traditional-style home, surrounded by mountain and ocean views, is located at the end of a lane within Montecito's Golden Quadrangle.


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Bitter or Better: Study in the book of James
We have a longing to see our church unified over the study of God's Word and are excited to offer a church-wide bible study in the book of James. There are new groups beginning the week of February 18 at various times during the week. Come to Holy Grounds on Sunday morning and let us […]Find out more »
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February 23-25, 2018, Cornerstone Campus All 6th-12th grade students are invited to an amazing weekend at Cornerstone Bible Church for this year's Disciple Now Conference. This year's theme is "Revival." This 3-day event is packed with times for connection, fun and food and is a weekend you don't want to miss! The cost is only $80. […]Find out more »


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Boucher Trail, Thunder Spring, Silvercrest Trail is a 5.7 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Palomar Mountain, California that offers the chance to see wildlife and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, nature trips, and birding and is accessible year-round.
nature trips
no dogs
Trails well marked. Lots of wildlife. Doane Pond at halfway point. Some fallen trees on the trail and you either climb over or duck under.
Boucher trail was pretty over grown... we had a hard finding the trail. Pack your bug spray!
Thunder springs trail was incredible. Lots of tree's provide plenty of shade. Felt like we were under the canopy most of the hike. Good times. Once you get to the campground, and start crossing over to the Boucher trail, it is a bit of a mess. Very overgrown right now. Was constantly ducking and diving around overgrowth. This section needs some serious work. My kids were constantly asking me if we were still on the trail. The road up can be slow, so plan accordingly and don't forget to bring your state parking pass if you have one. Otherwise $10 to park.
There were several spots with obstacles in the form of fallen trees and bush/tree branches that extend over the trail. It was very helpful for us to carry a stick to move branches out of the way before crossing. We passed many bushes with suspicious leaves.
Overall, this hike was fairly level. It may be called intermediate because of the obstacles. Regardless, it was nice to find a cool getaway..the temp was at least 10 degrees cooler than San Diego; partially tree-shaded.
We saw much less wildlife than expected...only squirrels, lizards, and some beautiful birds. I had a flashback to watching The Hunger Games because these birds here sound just like the mockingjay call. Is that a real bird?


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To all Los Angeles beer lovers, if your liver hasn't run away yet, there are still a few more days of LA Beer Week left to celebrate the bubbly, malty -- or hoppy -- brew.
LA Beer Week, which kicked off its fifth year on Sept. 19 with more than 200 participating restaurants, bars and breweries, has more than two dozen events left until it concludes its 10-day run on Sunday. And the best is yet to come, participants said.
"It's very grass roots and has grown exponentially," LA Beer Week spokesman Randy Clemens said. "But while it's gotten bigger and bigger, we really are trying to shy away from being like any other beer fest. We want it to be an experience rather than just a drinking fest where you get samples, pound them and get drunk."
Buddies Jay Baum and Dennis Hartman started LA Beer Week in 2009 and it has now become known as one of the most popular events of its kind in Los Angeles County. It attracts brewers from all over the country to show off their beers in venues in the South Bay to the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys and as far up as Lancaster.
On Saturday, a homebrewing demonstration is slated at Eagle Rock Brewery and three breweries -- North Coast, Deschutes and Rogue -- are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year with a special barleywine-style ale, which will be on tap at Stuffed Sandwich in San Gabriel.
Among the events to close out the week is the Spring Street Smokehouse Rib Eating Contest hosted by Angel City Brewery on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles.
Also, Take the Black Stout, the second beer in Brewery Ommegang's collaborative series with HBO's "The Game of Thrones" will make its L.A. debut Sunday at the Blue Palms Brew House and The Fonda Theatre rooftop terrace in Hollywood.
"The beers by Ommegang are great, but to team up with 'Game of Thrones' really makes this unique," said Brian Lenzo, owner of Blue Palms Brew House.
Lenzo said they are expecting about 300 guests who are encouraged to come dressed as one of the characters from the HBO series. "It's exciting to put both the craft beer movement and the popular HBO show together like this," Lenzo said. "You won't get anything like it."
Unique brunches are also planned for the weekend, Clemens said.
On Sunday in Sherman Oaks, for instance, brunchgoers can enjoy a six-course meal at Boneyard Bistro where each plate is paired with a beer rather than champagne, the typical go-to brunch bubbly.
"For the longest time people associated beer with dark and light beer, but people are starting to see that there's something these breweries are standing for," Clemens said.
Newer breweries from Smog City to Monkish, Phantom Carriage and Strand Brewing Company -- all based in Torrance -- are just a few to thank, Clemens said.
"They're not trying to dumb things down," he said. "Instead, they're making something different and unique that they're proud of and people can support." ___
The best beers, breweries, brewpubs and craft beer bars across Southern California, according to expert John Coltharp.


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El Castillo Museum (The Castle)
Visitors to Poblado, a wealthy area in the green hills of Medellin, are in for a surprise. Behind heavy iron, Gothic gates and amid trees covered in Spanish moss, there's a 17th-century castle in the style of those in France's Loire Valley.
Built in 1930, it was later bought by Diego Echavarria and his wife. This wealthy family's passion for art and culture is obvious in their home, where French and Spanish artwork lines the walls. But the story behind the castle is even more interesting than the building itself. On free tours you will learn about the family's history, including the death of their daughter and the kidnapping and death of Echavarria himself shortly after. After these tragic events, the house and possessions were donated to the city of Medellin, and the castle was opened to the public as a museum in 1971.


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This legendary icon has been a symbol of freedom for over 70 years. It is the opportunity to experience and explore the world from a unique perspective. Climb aboard and let yourself be surprised by the Jeep® Wrangler.
Even the smallest detail is made with great care, to tackle even the shortest trip with maximum driving pleasure and unrivalled comfort. Finely designed details combine form and function. From traditional round headlights and seven-slot grille, from exposed hinges of the bonnet and doors, to the soft touch interior finishes, Jeep® Wrangler cleverly combines functionality and comfort.
Jeep® Wrangler 2DR is available in 3 models: Sahara, Overland and Rubicon.
Jeep® Wrangler Sahara, with its distinctive style, provides a new way to discover city driving. Elegant and unconventional, the Sahara ensures maximum comfort on the road; providing a pleasurable urban experience.
Standard equipment:
• 5-speed automatic transmission
• Tubular side steps
• Automatic headlamps
• Hill Descent Control
• Alpine Audio system with subwoofer
• 17" Alloy wheels
Colours and options are subject to availability
The Wrangler Overland. All the Wrangler capability you want with a touch of luxury. Available in both 2dr and 4 dr with a body-coloured freedom hard top, Uconnect navigation, 18" alloy wheels, leather trimmed seats and deep-tint sunscreen glass as standard. With the 3.6 V6 petrol engine, the renowned Rubicon provides the ultimate Jeep® experience. Its exclusive features cater for the most ardent Wrangler enthusiast.
The Special Order Rubicon embodies pure adventure. Created for those who want to experience the freedom of our legendary four -wheel drive capability. It enables you to tackle even the most extreme and challenging off-road terrains. Rubicon provides an unparalleled off-road driving experience. Rubicon; created for those who want to experience the freedom of the Rock-Trac four-wheel drive in comfort and style. Designed to tackle any kind of journey, even the most extreme and challenging terrain.
Colours and options are subject to availability.
With all the power needed by the legendary grandeur of Wrangler, this efficient engine boasts 284 hp with 347 Nm of torque, is lightweight aluminium and is powered by petrol.
STOP / START technology cuts the engine when the vehicle is stationary and restarts automatically when pressure is exerted on the clutch pedal, with fuel savings of 12% and reduction of CO2 emissions by 13% in the combined cycle.
Exceptional efficiency and performance. A suitably shortened first gear provides an important input without increasing fuel consumption.
The torque controlled electronically allows you to switch seamlessly from one gear to another. The new driver-selectable AutoStick® provides commands to change gears manually.
The frame and suspension geometry, contribute significantly to ensure the exceptional off-road performance of the Jeep® Wrangler.
Frame, longitudinal and transverse, front and rear suspension rigid axle ensures maximum strength needed to withstand the most extreme conditions and overcome even the most challenging obstacles.
The 5 anchor points help keep the axle guide precise and without vibration. In the most challenging off-road conditions, you can activate the electronic disconnection of the front stabiliser (ASBS), standard on Rubicon. This system removes the connection between the wheels on the front, allowing each wheel to react independently and move with maximum articulation.
Even the rear suspension rigid axle DANA 44 has five anchor points with oscillating arms, but the swinging arms are mounted outside of the frame and the springs inside allow the housing of the reservoir in the central area. On all models the dampers are adjusted to softer springs and ensure a good balance between handling on-road and off-road ability.
Rubicon is equipped with a splitter Off Road Rock-Trac® insertable "SHIFT-ON-THE-FLY" two-speed with an exceptional ratio of 4.0:1. This ensures a perfect control and significantly increases the available torque on the wheels, thereby allowing off-road manoeuvres even in the most extreme conditions. This distribution box has been designed specifically for Rubicon, in order to meet the needs of a vehicle synonymous with extreme off-road driving.
Both the Command-Trac® the Rock-Trac® 3 operating modes include running: 2WD: The torque is sent 100% to the rear axle. This is the mode to use on all surfaces that provide a good grip. 4WD High: The torque is distributed between the front and rear in a ratio of 50/50. The central splitter does not act as a differential, a breakdown between the two axes is fixed. The mode should only be used on surfaces with low grip conditions (snow, dirt, mud, rocks). 4WD Low: The input torque from the exchange is multiplied further (4 times in the case of Rock-Trac® and 2.7 times in the case of Command-Trac®), the pulling capacity is increased considerably. The inclusion of low gear is recommended only on roads with low grip in situations where the torque demand is greatest.
The Jeep Wrangler come in a wide range of colours:
Jeep® Wrangler's wheel options are the foundation for any adventure worth undertaking. Most wheels feature a concave design to help prevent scratches that might occur while driving off-road. Alloy wheels reduce unsprung weight for a more precise steering input and improved handling characteristics.
Wrangler is the original 4x4 freedom machine. A true automotive icon. The Wrangler Go Anywhere, Do Anything™ attitude is an extension of its classic, purpose-built design including: legendary seven-slot grille; round headlamps; exposed forged-aluminium hood latches; removable doors; fold-down windscreen; fog lamps; robust wheel arches; externally mounted spare tyre and roof options. For everyone who loves living life outdoors, Wrangler is the ultimate expression of fun, freedom and adventure.
The unique, open-air design intensifies the off-road outdoor experience. No other 4x4 comes close to offering as many top configurations as Wrangler provides. The Freedom Top® standard three-piece modular hardtop allows sun-exposure control by separating into three easy-to-store pieces. The dual top option provides the Sunrider® soft top along with the Freedom Top®; the easy-folding Sunrider® soft top with its large 140 x 76cm sunroof lets you quickly get cover or let the sun shine in, without having to fold back the entire top. It uses a unique three-ply sailcloth fabric that helps reflect road sounds, absorb wind noise, prevent buffeting and enhance overall insulation.
Fun and freedom go hand-in-hand in with the Jeep® Wrangler – the only 4x4 convertible with a unique, open-air design that intensifies the outdoor experience. Take the opportunity to experience all the fun that Wrangler has to offer such as: removing the top; putting down the windscreen or taking of the doors*. Wrangler is more than just a vehicle — it's a symbol of freedom known around the world.
Wrangler's interior features soft touch materials and acoustic enhancements. Honouring Wrangler's iconic legacy, the passenger grab handle features the phrase "Jeep, Since 1941". Other product benefits include: available heated front seats; leather trim seats come as standard on Overland; Automatic Temperature Control with cabin air filtration; steering wheel mounted audio controls and chromed gear stick. Lock your valuables in the large centre console storage bin. Also, storage nets in the doors keep important items within reach
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Know Your Therapist
Rakesh Kumar, BPT, MPT – Musculoskeletal MIAP
He has completed his post graduation in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and has 5 years of experience. He is a member of Indian association of physiotherapist. He has worked extensively in orthopaedics and private practise physiotherapy. He has a passionate interest in strength and conditioning training, injury management and prevention. He has continued extensive training to be able to offer highly skilled treatments of your condition using advance techniques. Adept in handling workshops in promoting musculoskeletal fitness for corporate and school children.
- Tel: +91-80548-64704
- Location:Chandigarh
ERA, BPT, MPT – Musculoskeletal, COMT, MIAP
She completed her master of physiotherapy in musculoskeletal specialty and had then worked in Nehru medical college and A&U tibbia college Delhi. She has a keen interest in designing exercise programs for the clients in antenatal and postnatal phase. Beside the conventional physiotherapy she is using advanced physical therapy techniques for body contouring. She also conducts individual fitness classes and relaxation techniques for holistic health of the patient. She is a certified mulligan technique manual therapist.
- Tel: +91-80548-64706
- Location:Chandigarh
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All Films.All Above Board.NOW INCLUDES TV SHOWS & TV LISTINGS
Sci-fi action serial following the adventures of Commando Cody (George Wallace). Men on the moon, lead by Retik (Roy Barcroft), are destroying Earth's defences. When he discovers this, Cody and his colleagues, Joan Gilbert (Aline Towne) and Ted Richards (William Bakewell), head to the moon in a rocket, intending to prevent Retik taking over their planet. But when Cody is captured, saving Earth becomes even more challenging.


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Knackered Jewel Tone Enamel Bangle Set
Made By: Bullfinch & Barbury Enamelists
Perk up those wrists with a new bangle or two (or, heck, why not seven) with this jewel-toned set. Each skinny bracelet is fashioned from copper, and then enameled in shades of pumpkin, burgundy, jade green or deep blue for a brilliant range of hues. The enamel has subtle variations on each bangle's surface, for eye-catching depth and a unique finish on every one.
- Set of 7 bangles, in varying hues of: pumpkin, burgundy, jade green, deep blue
- Copper bangles
- Enameled by hand
- Bangles have circumference of 8.25"


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This may sound like a silly questions.
However, one of the easiest solutions to keep my data consistent is to delete STALE records from my DB Table. My table has millions of row.
Can anyone please tell me consequences/side-effects of deleting data from DB.
This DB will be heavy read and medium writes.
Any predictions or 2 cents here before I learn it the hard way on the production website?
One of the plausible solutions I have in mind is:
I have always have options of adding another column to determine if the data is stale or not. However, with this solution, I need to keep track of another variable.
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Priceline.com is an American company's website that helps users obtain flights and hotel deals at discounted rated. Though the company is not a direct supplier of these services, it facilitates the provision of travel services by its suppliers to its customers.
Priceline's popularity is largely due to its innovative Name Your Own Price system wherein customers can name their price for hotel stay, air tickets, car rentals and overall vacation packages. Under this scheme, the customers only enter a specific location, level of service and the price. Based on this information, Priceline zeroes in on a hotel, flight and the car rental company, the details of which are disclosed only after the purchase has gone through, with no rights to cancel.
We are reviewing the website here on the basis of personal experience of a few friends and colleagues who have mostly been very satisfied with their Priceline experience.
- We have got some pretty exciting deals on Priceline.com. In fact we thought them to be too good to be true initially! The overall experience has been nothing short of amazing.
- This is a great site to find motels at cheap rates.
- At times when we didn't know the exact duration of our trip, the Express Deals feature on Priceline allowed us to pay by the day at a super discounted rate at a fairly good property.
- Their terms and conditions are very well laid, so you know what you are getting from the very start.
- The website guarantees a complete hassle free booking experience. The bookings are done smoothly and quickly.
- Their staff is extremely courteous and patient. We had to make a few date adjustments due to unforeseen circumstances and they were very accomodating.
- No other site that I've heard of can beat the prices that Priceline offers.
- Their Name Your Own Price feature gets you some amazing deals at dirt cheap rates.
- Never had to face any troubles while booking flights and hotels at Priceline. An excellent travel website with great customer care.
- As compared to so many other travel portals, we found the rates on Priceline to be the most genuine.
So the next time you plan a vacation, don't forget to log in to Priceline.com for deals that will literally blow your mind!


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First race of the season was at Silverstone International circuit. Nine MCR's on the grid. Sports 2000 Silverstone Int 8 9 april 2017
We had a great night at the Sports 2000 Championship 2016 Awards Dinner Dance. Here are the 2016 winners. Six of the winners were MCR Race Car drivers.
Race results for the final round of the Sports 2000 Duratec Championship at Brands Hatch brands-hatch-2016-results-formula-ford-festival
Qualifying Brands Hatch is difficult to pass and needing to win the race it was key to get a front row start and preferably pole position. The cold conditions meant the track was particularly slippery in a couple of key areas but I soon posted some decent times and was pleased to see Dad put […]


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Castleford Park Junior Academy
Aspire | Achieve | Enjoy
At Castleford Park Junior Academy, we aim to make learning:
• Purposeful
• Relevant
• Exciting
• Interesting
To support our pupils with building a 'toolkit' of skills that they can continue to use for life given the quickly changing pace of the world.
We use a thematic approach to teaching the curriculum content which allows us to make meaningful links between subject areas and apply them in a range of contexts – reinforcing transferable skills that will be of use after our pupils have completed school. We also teach to a two year rolling programme in order to ensure pupils do not meet the same topic twice if they are in a mixed year class.
We ensure we respond to the changing context of the world we live in – planning 'Inspire Weeks' into each term so that: links can be made with the wider world and events taking place in the current year, we can bring some subjects together to create inspiring learning opportunities, to bring pupils together in different ways to share their learning experiences within a subject area and to reflect the needs of the pupils. For example, we may link art and writing, have a 'Disability Awareness Week', or a 'Roald Dahl Week'.
Year A
Temples, tombs and treasures
Can anything go in a museum?
Can superheroes change the world?
Young entrepreneurs
Would you buy it?
World War Two
Friend or Foe?
The Natural World
What is the world's worst enemy?
The Ancient World
What mark has Ancient Greece left?
Each unit will have an investigating question, as demonstrated above, and have an overall outcome that the children will work towards throughout the unit – increasing motivation and purposeful learning opportunity. As much of the work done in each subject will link to this as we believe higher standards can be achieved if all are collectively working towards a real outcome. However, links will not be forced, as this could weaken the quality of learning for some subjects. These subjects will be taught in isolation if this is needed. Please see your child's year group Home Page for more details regarding their current topic.
Select the link below to see the National Curriculum content that must be statutorily taught to your child.
Our school considers it important to ensure that pupils are adequately prepared for their life in Britain when they leave us. The document above provides a summary of how we endeavour to do this effectively.
On this page you will be able to find information regarding each year group's curriculum, with key topcs, texts and objectives explained. For any futher guidance please contact child's class teacher who will assist with your issue.
Below, are the key skills that we teach in each curriculum area. They support our pupils in being prepared for each subject as they reach High School. They are progressively more difficult in each year group so that pupils are building on their skill level as they move through school.


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For more information about GAPs/GHPs:
Visit: Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), or contact your Local County Extension office.
For more information about food safety of fresh fruits and vegetables:
Find information on fact sheets, videos, and farm audits visit: UMD-Plant Science & Landscape Arcitecture
For more information about the Agriculture Law Extension Program:
Visit: http://www.extension.umd.edu/aglaw
Follow MDA @MdAgDept, University of Maryland @UMD_AGNR, MD Ag Law @MDAgLaw, and the FDA @FDAfood.
Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at Univ. of Maryland
We have been working on a produce safety website on the University of Maryland's Plant Science and Landscape Architecture page. This site has Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in video format, MDA GAP resources (including a skeleton plan), fact sheets, and other information. This website also links to the MDA's food safety website, where information on additional audits can be found. Additional resources will be added to this page: https://www.psla.umd.edu/research/research-lab-pages/food-safety-fresh-fruits-and-vegetables


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We've been talking about putting recessed lights in the kitchen for weeks now. When we moved in there was a massive florescent light that cast a ton of light, but was pretty unsightly, especially in an otherwise renovated kitchen. We took it out one morning and put up our first Ikea hack, which we planned to use as our upstairs hall light.
I mapped out our kitchen to scale on graph paper and attempted to make a best-case scenario layout. Because our bathroom is directly above the kitchen I also marked the tub and where we think the tub drain runs. The drawing was a good exercise and it's really pretty, but in all honestly, we accomplished much more standing on stools in the kitchen with rulers, tape measures and our laser level.
I dug into our wedding supplies and pulled out the huge hole punch that we used a bunch last year (although I can't remember what for). We punched a dozen pink cardstock circles and set to work sticking them in equidistant spots on the kitchen ceiling.
Once we had a layout we were happy with on the ceiling, we left to buy the recessed housing and reflective trim pieces that we picked out a few weeks ago. We chose to use a local supplier of Lightolier products. Unfortunately the sales person who helped us choose the lights a few weeks ago sold us the wrong sized housing for our application. I'm pretty pissed since we spent over an hour with her explaining the exact conditions for the installation. And of course they're not open on a Sunday to get the right sized housing. I won't mention the shop's name since I think this may have been an anomaly. Plus, we discovered later that we have more than enough work to keep us busy on Sunday without the housing.
To say that we were precise in our measurements of the "ideal" layout is an understatement. The pink circles are measured to a sixteenth of an inch and everything is spaced perfectly. We knew we had joists to contend with, but we chose to plan and precisely measure our ideal layout first. I guess all our dots and marks will help us in the long-run, but when S moved on to the next step, pulling out the existing junction box:
As they're laid out now, the lights would be centered on the double cabinet above the microwave and the muntins in the glass door cabinets on either side of the stove. Given the joist issue our options are: 1. to move the center line of lights to the right two inches, which would mean that the space between the lights would be larger to the left of the center line v. the right; 2. move the center and the left line of lights over two inches, but then the left row would not be lined up with the vertical muntins of the glass cabinet doors; 3. or we could use only five lights total in the center and four corners of the existing 3x3 grid. This last option would probably look the best on the ceiling, but I don't think it would provide us with enough light.
At this point I'm leaning toward option 2. S wants to wake up early tomorrow so we can move the pink circles around and "live" with the layout for an hour or so before we start cutting into the ceiling. I also need to decide on a pendant fixture since the firefly pendant from CB2 may be too busy for the small space.
Do you have any better ideas for the recessed light layout or any pendant light suggestions?


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Whether you're looking for missing insulation in a building or assessing electrical panels for overheating components, FLIR's pocket-sized thermal camera, the FLIR C3, is up to the task.
The upgraded version of the FLIR C2 thermal camera, the C3 includes addtional features such as WiFi connectivity and an area box mode which shows the hottest and coldest parts of an image.
This pocket-sized thermal camera has high thermal sensitivity to spot minor temperature differences, is fully radiometric, has an 80 x 60 pixel thermal detector and also has wide temperature measurement range.
See the camera for yourself in this product video:
FLIR C3 Pocket Thermal Camera Key Features
- Pocket-sized thermal camera ideal for a wide variety of different applications
- Fully radiometric design - every pixel in the image is assigned its own temperature reading
- Brilliant, 3" intuitive touch screen with automatic orientation
- 80 x 60 pixel thermal resolution
- 9Hz frame rate
- Multiple image modes - thermal images, visual images, MSX and picture-in-picture
- Selectable colour palettes - iron, rainbow, rainbow high contrast and grey
- Adjustable emissivity to cater for use on different surface types
- Highly accurate temperature measurements - ±2°C
- WiFi-enabled - wirelessly send images to a tablet, smartphone or PC
- Area measurement box measures the hottest/coldest spots in an image (MAX/MIN)
- MSX-enabled - enhances the level of detail in thermal images by blending them together with visual images
- Wide temperature measurement range from -10 to 150°C (14 to 302°F)
- High thermal sensitivity detects subtle temperature differences common in building applications
- FLIR Tools professional software included - ideal for image analysis at a later date
- Stream video via FLIR Tools (non-radiometric)
- Store up to 500 images on internal memory
- Rechargeable internal battery with life of up to 2 hours
What's Included?
- FLIR C3 Thermal Camera
- Lanyard
- Pouch
- Power Supply/Charger
- Tripod Mount
- USB Cable
- Printed Documentation
Need more information? Find it in the full technical specification and reviews.
The FLIR C3 Pocket-Sized Thermal Camera with WiFi has a thermal sensitivity of 30mK NETD. A lower mK value means a more accurate thermal camera.
FLIR C3 Thermal Camera Technical Specifications
|IR Sensor
|80 x 60 pixels
|Thermal Sensitivity/NETD
|Field of View (FOV)
|41 x 31°
|Minimum Focus Distance
|Thermal: 0.15m (0.49ft)
MSX: 1m (3.3ft)
|Image Frequency
|Spectral Range
|7.5 to 14.0μm
|Digital Camera
|640 x 480 pixels
|Digital Camera Focus
|Fixed focus
|Image Presentation
|Image Modes
|Thermal, visual, MSX, picture-in-picture
|Image Gallery
|Adds visual details to full resolution thermal image
|Colour Palettes
|Iron, rainbow, rainbow high contrast and grey
|Auto Orientation
|Touch Screen
|Yes, capacitive
|Measurement and Analysis
|Object Temperature Range
|-10 to 150°C (14 to 302°F)
|±2°C (±3.6°F), whichever is greater, at 25°C (77°F) nominal
|Box with MAX or MIN
|Emissivity Correction
|Yes; matte, semi-matter, semi-glossy + custom value
|Measurement Correction
|Emissivity, reflected apparent temperature
|Image Storage and Streaming
|Storage Media
|Internal memory, at least 500 sets of images
|Image File Format
|Standard JPEG with 14 bit measurement data included
|Non-Radiometric IR Video Streaming
|Visual Video Streaming
|Communication and Connectivity
|Communication Interface
|WiFi, USB
|Peer-to-peer (ad hoc) or infrastructure (network)
|USB micro-B connector type; used for data transfer to and from PC
|Additonal Specifications
|Battery Type
|Rechargeable Li-ion polymer battery
|Battery Operating Time
|2 hours
|Charging System
|Charged inside camera
|Charging TIme
|1.5 hours
|External Power Operation
|AC adapter, 90 to 260V AC input - 5V output to camera
|Operating Temperature Range
|-10 to 50°C (14 to 122°F)
|Storage Temperature Range
|-40 to 70°C (-40 to 158°F)
|0.13kg (0.29lbs)
|125 x 80 x 24mm (4.9 x 3.1 x 0.94 inches)


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Dagbladet's anti-circumcision cartoon attacked by rabbi
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, has called on Norwegian authorities to take action against Dagbladet, a Norwegian paper that published an anti-circumcision cartoon earlier this week.
According to this report, he described the cartoon, which equates Jewish and Muslim supporters of non-medical circumcision with paedophiles, as "hate speech".
The cartoon shows a Muslim and a Jew with signs saying "yes to circumcision" and "religious freedom". A third man wearing a tattered raincoat tells them:
I know what you mean. I, too, get told by invisible men to mess around with boys' penises.
Goldschmidt said:
This cartoon is a blatant attack on religious freedom and is deeply offensive to all religious communities. This publication has a track record of disrespecting religion and as the editor has shown that he has neither restraint nor responsibility, I urge the relevant authorities to act.
In 2013 Dagbladet was criticised in Norway and beyond for publishing a caricature about circumcision that the Simon Wiesenthal Center's associate dean, Rabbi Abraham Copper, said was:
So virulently anti-Semitic it would make Hitler and Himmler weep tears of joy.
Many European secularists regard circumcision on minors, which is performed by Muslims and Jews, as a cruel violation of children's rights. A similar debate is occurring across Europe and in the continent's north about the issue of ritual slaughter of animals, which devout Jews and Muslims require be performed on conscious animals.
In addition to left-wing initiatives to ban non-medical circumcision of boys and ritual slaughter, Europe and northern Europe especially have seen similar efforts by center-right and far-right populists. Proponents often appeal to children's rights and animal welfare, although some appear to be specifically targeting Muslim or Jews.
Several parties in Norway, where ritual slaughter has been prohibited since 1929, support banning non-medical circumcision of boys.
In 2014, the Norwegian government introduced legislation that regulated non-medical circumcision of boys. It stipulates that the procedure must be performed under the supervision and in the presence of a licensed physician, but it may be physically carried out by other persons.
Meanwhile, it's reported from Scotland that comedian Markus Meechan (AKA Count Dankula) is to go on trial on Monday for uploading a video to YouTube showing him teaching a Pug to be "a Nazi".
If found guilty if the "hate crime" crime he could be jailed for up to a year.
A month after Meechan posted the 2016 video, police arrived at his door and threw him in jail for the night.
Meechan could become the first Scottish comedian to be jailed for a joke. He said:
I think everything can and should be joked about. I'm still trying to find the humour in it, laughter just makes it easier to deal with.
Meechan said he fears the judge will try to make an example of him because of the amount of attention the case drew from the British press. His trial will have no jury and his sentencing is entirely up to the judge's discretion.
I've seen this happen before when people get dragged through the media. The judge says 'let's completely fuck up this one person's life so no one does it again'.
The group leading the charge against Meechan is the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities. At the time of his arrest in 2016 the group called the video "outrageous" and dismissed the idea it could possibly be taken as a joke.
But in a recent video, Meechan explained that many Jewish fans from outside Scotland had reached out to him and asked to write letters vouching that Meechan is not an anti-Semite.
SkepTorr is a Jewish Israeli YouTuber and friend of Meechan and found the police response to the Nazi pug video ridiculous.
No one in his sane mind would watch his material on YouTube and come to the conclusion that he committed a hate crime. [Many Israelis and Jews] do not like false flagging. It makes us look really bad and just creates resentment towards us.
Hat tip: Antony Niall (Meechan report)
23 responses to "Dagbladet's anti-circumcision cartoon attacked by rabbi"
"This cartoon is a blatant attack on religious freedom and is deeply offensive to all religious communities".
What tommyrot.
Seems to me that violent irrational screaming shrieking cries of persecution and offence is the last thing the pious are able to do. All else has failed them. They are comprehensively discredited on every rational and moral premise and their last chance to be heard is to resort strident hysterical wailing. A bit like the glutinous spoiled brat who wants but has been denied yet another cookie from the jar by a resolute parent.
"Och-Heil, Jimmy."
I prefer Kitler, the Hitler cat, myself:
barriejohn. The Furred Reich!
Religious savages have found something else that offends them, and conflates it with the Nazis – how predictable. How dare we criticise their religious freedom to abuse children.
Remigius: Please paws for a while – I'm feline faint, so I'm goering for a lie-down.
Angela: Man concerned about anti-Semitism calls for fascist controls on freedom of the press. How ironic!
Religious persecution screamed by delusional dimwits who are too scared to have genital mutilation done on ADULTS because none would do so, they MUST do it to kids or babies to capture them young! And someone said something to hurt some delusional jerks feelings, too damn bad!
Barry: Ah, yes, I see that there is a claws in the small print that covers that.
L.Long: We are apparently interfering with the "religious freedom" of children who are few days old!
Why isn't the dog on trial ?
Paul. He was only following orders!
That's not a defence – he'll get snatched by Mossad and end up in an Israeli court in the next few weeks – you see.
Really? They're prosecuting a guy over a YouTube video? I've watched it and it's pretty funny. I got a giggle fit watching a Pug doing a Nazi salute, mainly because that's just how stupid humans look doing the same thing (e.g.,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-38057104/hail-trump-white-nationalists-mark-trump-win-with-nazi-salute). And that's the point of the damn video. I suppose I should't be surprised that some politically ambitious judge would completely miss the point, but do they honestly not have anything better to do? Real Nazis get a pass, but a dog that can lampoon them is a problem?
'That's not a defence…'
Well it's the one they used at Nuremberg. It didn't work, mind you, but they gave it a bloody good go.
And the Israeli's don't bother with snatch and grab showcase trials any more. It's more likely they'd just send a hit squad to 'take him out' during his next walkies – like they did after Munich.
Yes I'm sure they'll elimate the Pug somehow.
'Let's hope they assassinate the right Pug Remigius.'
No! Bad, bad Barry. Let's hope Mossad don't assassinate any Pugs – either by mistake, or by design. The goal here should be rehabilitation, not retribution.
Buddha needs to come to terms with what he has done. Through one-to-one counselling, and a thorough appreciation of early to mid 20th Century socio-political history, he can learn to see the error of his ways. It may take some time, but I'm hopeful.
Maybe one day the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities can find it in their hearts to understand, and perhaps even forgive, that poor misguided little doggie.
Jewish cutting is supposed to happen (if I recall aright) 8 days after birth. Do Muslims have any such time-limit?
Both are invoking Abraham, but of course Muhammad was illiterate so his notion of Biblical Commandments is garbled.
When everything is anti-Semitic, nothing is anti-Semitic. I get that the Jews got the grandmother of all raw deals during the war, but the statute of limitation on sympathy has expired now. The guilt-tripping has become background noise. My sympathy now lies with the victims of your "religious freedom".
I see that Hitler was mentioned… (trigger warning: nazti humour) Imagine the noise level if 6 million more Jews were whining about religious freedom.
Too soon?
Forget Kitler, here's Adolf Knitler: https://twitter.com/officialknitler?lang=en
The worst part of googling for Knitler is that I discovered that Stormfront loves him. Can you imagine a bunch of Neo-Nazi skinheads knitting little dolls? Or playing Mein Kraft?
These Jews are nothing better than 'control freak Nazis' for demanding the freedom to say and do what they want and in the same breath to demand to stop any one else saying things they don't like.
Rabbi Goldschmidt is concerned about "all religious communities."But not all, unless all includes those victims of Jewish genocide described in Shemot (See Exodus 32:25-28).
The Islamic shitheads really do have it in for dogs: http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/dog-sculpture-thrown-into-bedford-river-in-a-religious-protest-1-7969152
Dog is god spelled backwards and a lot of Muslims are severely under educated about everything except Islam so it's understandable that they would be confused. Is is the dog who is to be worshiped or is it god? Are all dogs blasphemous because dog is god spelled backwards? Religion-devoting enormous man hours and energy to answer the questions that should never have been asked and no one should care about.
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt said, "This cartoon is a blatant attack on religious freedom and is deeply offensive to all religious communities."
A blatant attack? Of course. It equates circumcision with child abuse.
On religious freedom? No. It's an attack on religious circumcisers and their beliefs. It doesn't stop them from circumcising; it just holds them up to ridicule.
Deeply offensive? yes, if you take offence.
To all religious communities? No. Not all religious communities practice circumcision.
Obviously the cartoon struck a raw nerve.


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Being a book geek, it'll be no surprise to learn I'm a strict 'Won't watch a movie 'til I've read the book' kinda girl. I believe bypassing a book for the blockbuster is well… sacrilege frankly. Take the recent roll-call of best-selling books to the big screen: Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and Me Before You were all enjoyable enough, but didn't come close to scaling the heights of their literary originals. I still get excited about seeing a beloved book adapted to the big screen though; there's a special sense of nostalgia and easy familiarity that comes with them – like meeting up with someone you haven't seen for years.
3 fiction-to-film 'friends' I'll be booking tickets for this year:
Wonder by R.J Palacio, £3.85 – BUY!
An example of when 'YA' should stand for 'You All should read it', this powerful story of Auggie Pullman, a 10 year old child with a facial deformity and his struggles to transition from home-school to middle school contains human lessons for kids and adults alike. The film is released in April with Jacob Tremblat from Room as Auggie and Julia Roberts starring as his mother.
The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin, £11.40 – BUY!
Two strangers board a single charter flight only for the plane to crash when the pilot suffers a heart attack. A romantic page-turner about love in adversity; the power casting of Kate Winslet and Idris Elba could make this a rare 'better than the book' hit when it's released in October.
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, £3.85 – BUY!
Another must-read YA novel. Violet Markey is grieving after losing her sister and Theodore Finch suffers from severe mental illness: together their romance might just save them both. Starring Elle Fanning, a contender for 2017's The Fault in Our Stars.
…and 3 classics coming soon to the cinema
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
Rachel Weisz stars with Sam Claflin playing the young Philip in Du Maurier's dark tale of a young man's infatuation with his mysterious cousin. Out in April.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
This remake, released in November, is directed by and stars Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot. It has a 'killer' cast including Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley and Penelope Cruz.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath's 1963 novel about college student Esther Greenwood's descent into depression stars Dakota Fanning and is directed by Kirsten Dunst. Out early next year.


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La Crosse area students had the day off from school on February 9 and with help from the La Crosse YMCA, they can spend the day having fun while learning.
The YMCA's "Kids' Day Off" program provides a constructive outlet for children on scheduled days off from school.
"During the day parents need to go to work, they need to make a living and we know there is a huge demand for that in the community." Describes La Crosse YMCA School Age Administrator, Nathan Torres.
The program pairs young students with YMCA staff members for a day full of learning and activities, in an effort to make days off from school more constructive for young students.
Torres elaborates on the inspiration behind the program, "We know that a lot of kids maybe on some of these days (off), especially during the winter, spend a lot of time in front of screens," Torres continues, "We get them here at Irving Pertzsch in this gym we run them around, we put them in front of educational opportunities."
Each scheduled day off, the program features various educational opportunities for children.
On February 9 the La Crosse YMCA collaborated with WisCorps to bring their "Critter Mobile" to school, providing kids a hands-on experience with animals they don't typically interact with.
Featured animals at the event include a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach and a species of endangered turtle.
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Sally Hansen, Carmindy partner on new makeup collection
NEW YORK Sally Hansen has teamed up with makeup artist Carmindy from TLC's hit show "What Not to Wear" to launch a new makeup collection known as Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Inspired by Carmindy.
Sally Hansen, which is now part of the Coty Inc. portfolio, joined Carmindy in Manhattan on Thursday to unveil the natural beauty line to beauty editors.
Drawing on her personal experience of bringing out the true beauty in real women, Carmindy helped develop the collection that includes products for eyes, lips and face. The Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Inspired by Carmindy collection will debut in April.
The products are formulated with minerals, natural extracts and active botanicals like soy, bamboo, papaya and mango. The products are paraben-free.
Products in the line include Luminizing Face Primer, Fast Fix Concealer, Truly Translucent Loose Powder, Instant Definition Eye Shadow Palette, Sheerest Cream Blush, Sheerest Cream Bronze, Natural Shine Lip Gloss and Moisture Plump Lip Balm.
New beauty trade association to create organic standards
MILPITAS, Calif. The organic beauty and personal care industry continues to gain steam with the creation of OASIS, a trade association that will establish a workable and "living" set of standards for organic and sustainable manufacturing—starting with the beauty and personal care industry.
Navigating the beauty and personal care aisles can sometimes be confusing as more products claim to be "organic," stated OASIS (Organic and Sustainable Industry Standards). Looking to bring clarity to the segment and set a U.S. organic standard for beauty and personal care, a group of trade professionals from such companies as Hain Celestial Group, L'Oreal, Perfect Organics and Aveda formed OASIS.
"The beauty of OASIS is that as an industry consensus standard its members range from large, global brands, such as Estee Lauder Companies and L'Oreal. to third-party and private-label manufacturers to smaller, specialist brands, such as Perfect Organics and Juice Beauty," stated Gay Timmons, chairperson of OASIS and founder of Oh, Oh Organics.
According to OASIS, the organic production standard will have two levels: "made with organic" and "organic."
The "made with organic" will start and remain at a 70 percent minimum organic content with additional criteria for the remaining 30 percent of ingredients.
The "organic" label claim will start at 85 percent until January 2010, then it will shift to 90 percent and to 95 percent two years later. According to OASIS, It will take at least two years for surfactant and emulsifier manufacturers to get enough products into the commercial stream to supply "organic" versions of functional ingredients.
Beauty.com partners with designer Jenni Kayne
BELLEVUE, Wash. Beauty.com, which is a subsidiary of drugstore.com, has tapped fashion designer Jenni Kayne to create a bag that doubles as a cosmetics case or clutch.
Customers receive the limited-edition designer bag, filled with 12 product samples from such brands as L'Occitane, Seikisho and Urban Decay, with a purchase of $75 or more on the Beauty.com Web site.
The online beauty destination first partnered with Kayne in 2007, providing gift bags for the guests at her collection's presentation during New York City's Fashion Week.
Subscribers to the Beauty.com Beauty Bulletin will receive an e-mail exclusive opportunity to make an advance purchase on March 11. The promotion will be available to the general public on the Beauty.com home page, while supplies last, beginning March 13.
During the spring, Kayne also appears in several Beauty.com site features, including makeup how-tos.


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MongoDB is one of the fastest growing NOSQL database provided by MongoDB,Inc.Because of its scalability, it has attracted many big MNCs and startups towards it. It is not a relational database like Oracle ,SQL Server but a NOSQL database. As a document-oriented database, MongoDB provides high performance, automatic failover and automatic scaling, which is the primary goal for today's emerging Big data enterprises. We are the Best in MongoDB training provider in Gurgaon in terms of content covered and expert teaching by working professionals. We at RedBush are aware of industry needs and we are offering MongoDB Training in Gurgaon in best possible practical way. Our team of MongoDB trainers conducts MongoDB course in Classroom as well as Online .Apart from this, we also facilitate MongoDB Corporate Training services. We have designed our course content to match with the real world requirements for both beginner level to advanced level. Our training are conducted both on weekday as well as weekends, depending on participants requirement. We do offer Fast-Track MongoDB Training in Gurgaon and One-to-One MongoDB Training in Gurgaon. Here are the major topics we cover under this MongoDB course. Introduction to MongoDB, The Mongo Shell, Saving Data, Finding Documents, Indexing. Every topic will be covered in detail with most practical examples. We guide our MongoDB® students to get certified at end of our course. To know more about our students feedbacks please have a look at our reviews. Our MongoDB Course Fees is very reasonable, which anyone can pay after the first demo class. We do have multiple class timings which can be picked as per your availability.
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Connection Comparisons
Here we provide a very brief explanation of the types of internet connections currently available to businesses and organisations in the UK so you can make some simple comparisons. You can click on the links in some of the main sections below to get more detail.
Business Broadband
Broadband is a generic term which is mostly used to describe a low-cost high speed connection (see ADSL). In fact, broadband could be used for any high-speed connection. It is, therefore, an over-used and misunderstood term - you could argue that any of the types of internet connections available are forms of broadband.
This is the most common type of internet connection and the one you see advertised on the TV. ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. The Asymmetric part means the speed each way is different. This is what most people refer to as 'broadband'.
The download speed is always faster than the upload - for most small businesses, this is OK. However, for certain businesses, this will not be ideal.
ADSL normally has no service level agreement meaning than it can take a while to resolve faults. It resides on a normal line, which can also be faulty and worsen fault finding processes.
Whilst you can obtain speeds of up to 24Mb download, the speed varies and is dependent on many different factors. ADSL can cost from £ 15 per month and cost as much as £ 50 per month. For more detail see the following page:
This is no longer used in business although some customers still use these connections (they should replace them) - it is listed here just for completeness. ADSL is similar to SDSL apart from the speed of download is the same as the upload with SDSL but much lower - never more than 2mb however. That is why it is no longer sold - there are much better internet connections available for a similar price (eg FTTC Ethernet or EFM).
We have not provided any more information on SDSL as it is now outdated (2013).
Bonded ADSL
It is possible to 'bond' 2 or more ADSL connections together. This is particularly relevant for premises where speeds are very slow due to the distance of the premises from the local BT Telephone exchange - in such circumstances, bonded ADSL could be the only cost effective way to obtain even a reasonable speed.
Fibre Broadband
Fibre broadband is relatively new to the UK and has only been introduced by the BT 21st Century network roll out from British Telecom over the past 2 or 3 years (since about 2010). Also known as FTTC or 'Fibre to the Cabinet', Fibre broadband offers far greater download and upload speeds than conventional ADSL broadband. This is because the vast majority of the connection from your premises back to the BT exchange is fibre optic cable - it is typically only the last 200 metres or so (or less) that is much slower copper cable that enters your premises.
In other words, from your premises to the nearest BT cabinet that serves your premises is copper cable - it then becomes fibre from the cabinet back to the exchange.
There is more information on our dedicated page on the link below.
FTTC Ethernet
FTTC Ethernet is sometimes called GEA (Generic Ethernet Access). It uses the same infrastructure as fibre broadband. So if you can get fibre broadband, you should be able to get FTTC Ethernet.
Speed can be up to 20Mbps and it is synchronous (same speed up and down). There is a Service Level Agreement - the service is uncontended (not shared so it is all yours! - Note this is not the case with all suppliers).
EFM is a relatively new type of internet connection. EFM stands for 'Ethernet First Mile'.
EFM is relatively simple - it is bundles of copper cables presented together. As there are multiple cables, the speeds are faster - typically up to 20Mbps. Also, speeds are the same both ways so EFM connections are more attractive than ADSL connections in certain scenarios. They are also far less costly than leased lines and still offer reliability - see our dedicated page on the link below:
Fibre Ethernet (Leased Line)
A leased line is a dedicated internet connection purely for your use. These days, a leased line is a dedicated connection to the public internet.
If your business or organization wants the most reliable and/or fastest connection possibly with service level guarantees and fast fix rates, then a leased line is what you need. Of course, it is the most expensive option on this page. There are various 'flavours' of leased lines. For more information, see our page below:
MPLS is normally used for an organisation with multiple sites requiring different types of information to be sent between the sites.
In case you are interested, MPLS stands for Multi-Protocol Layer Switching. We have a dedicated page with much more detail on MPLS here:
LLU - Local Loop Unbundled
This rather strange term refers to BT Exchange areas where non-BT suppliers have bought or rented space in the BT exchange so they can install their own (normally faster) equipment. The local BT cabling servicing the various premises served by the exchange is then used to provide connections to businesses and residential customers alike. In other words these suppliers are using BT's local loop of cables to provide service.
In some areas, enterprising suppliers have also had fibre cabling installed where BT will not install it. For instance, in rural areas, some non-BT suppliers have identified rural areas overlooked by BT and tried to fill the gap - one such company local to us who have done this is CallFlow Solutions in East Peckham, Kent. Although they are actually our competitors in many ways, we are working with them in order to provide customers with decent internet connections where BT will not!
Call us if you need advice on this.
Satellite and Wireless Broadband
Sometimes, the way to obtain a reasonable broadband speed is to find a specialist supplier offering Satellite broadband or Wireless broadband. We have had limited success with such solutions but this is available in certain areas - if you have any success stories, be sure to share them with us so we can publish them on this page.
Callflow Solutions, mentioned above, have been rolling such services out across rural areas in Kent.
Rural broadband
If your premises are rural, then we don't have to tell you how difficult it can be to get a decent business internet connection! Read the preceding 2 paragraphs on LLU and Satellite and Wireless Broadband and give us a call for best advice.
Mobile Internet
As you will probably know, using a Smart Phone is another way to gain access to the internet, using either 3G or, now, 4G (only limited availability at the time of writing). So you can use an iPhone, iPad, Samsung smartphone, HTC device or similar with a data bundle included from your mobile phone provider.
We are able to supply almost any type of mobile and mobile phone package.
You do not have to have a mobile phone to access the internet whilst on the move. You can also obtain a USB 'dongle'. This is a little USB stick (like a memory stick) that can be connected to your laptop, PC or router allowing you to gain access to the internet using the Mobile network. Again, we can provide these as part of a mobile phone package to suit your requirement.
There is also a clever way to use your computer device (laptop, tablet or iPad) that does not have mobile internet via a smart phone device that does have mobile internet (in other words it has a SIMM card inside) - this is called 'tethering' and it basically allows mobile internet access from a non-mobile device via a device that is mobile. On Apple's iPads and iPhones, it is called a personal hotspot (as opposed to tethering).
Note this page and the various pages noted here are constantly being updated - if there is any information missing that you require, please let us know.
We hope that this brief overview of options available for commercial use has helped you. If you feel this is well written and informative, please be sure you share this page using the various buttons available on the page and help us spread the word that we are here to help and partner with businesses and organisations - thanks in advance!
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Our Business Leadership Program and BLP-Internships are held in various key Synchrony sites, giving you a taste of the country we serve as well as the functions themselves. When you join us, you'll have the chance to relocate for your assignment, which is based on the needs of your track, business goals, your skills and your preference whenever possible. Your program could be based in one of the following locations: